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Exciting News!

Thanks to the generosity of Sharon Rhodes and a trust set up by Fred and Jo Burnham for their son Freddie Burnham, we had the equipment donated to open a new juice bar in our attempt to become self-supporting and self-sustaining. Read more on the Baja Juice and Smoothie page.

The Evolution

We are excited about the KO Hambre (Knock out hunger) program. As seen in the photos below, we started with bags of rice, beans and flour (sometimes oil and sugar) given out every two weeks. We also delivered water. We started with 50 families and quickly grew over the years to 350 families. With the advent of community kitchens here in San Felipe, those families were able to get meals twice a day, 5 days a week.

BUT, those that were disabled, elderly or sick were not able to get out to the community kitchens to eat. With that, KO Hambre (our version of Meals on Wheels) was born. We now cook and deliver food to 90 shut-ins Monday – Friday. Individuals, friends or family apply for the service and then we do a home visit to verify there is truly a need. We also have a table in our thrift store to feed anyone on the street that doesnt have food to eat or money to buy any.

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Our Family!

These kids are the main reason we exist. They are the driving force and passion behind our work! They are our family! You don’t see them on the street or in stores or at the beach. There is a certain stigma here that comes with disabilities. We are working to change that.

Some of the disabilities of the kids we work with are autism, deafness, blindness, cerebral palsy, Dandy Walker syndrome, West syndrome etc. Believe it or not, some don’t have diagnoses because it is not affordable for the family to get the proper tests done. This is another thing we are trying to change.

Reality is that a lot of our kids have severe disabilities and all we can do is give them and their families a better quality of life. Even then it is at a survival level. As of today, our organization is at a survival level. We are working hard to reach a thriving level that will increase the services we are able to provide.

Our current services: We provide diapers for those that need them, Ensure, we help with financial support for medications, Dr. visits, lab tests and transportation to Drs. and hospitals. We also provide wheelchairs, canes, walkers, crutches etc. to those in the community that need them but cannot afford them.

We are truly grateful to all of you that have helped them so far! Thank you!